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political discourse from around the world : Global Warming
The head of the International Monetary Fund proposed a plan for the world’s governments to pool together to raise money needed to adapt to climate change. (original story)
Posted from NYT > Global Warming 16 hours ago
political discourse from around the world : Global Warming
The review aims to help the U.N. climate change panel avoid the kinds of errors that have brought its work into question in recent months, officials said Wednesday. (original story)
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political discourse from around the world : Global Warming
[ This special issue podcast is longer than the usual 60 seconds. ]Last week, the new Advanced Research Projects Agency for energy held its inaugural conference in Washington, D.C.--a direct response to a growing sense that the U.S. is losing its technology lead when it comes to the race... (original story)
Posted from NYT > Global Warming 16 hours ago
political discourse from around the world : Global Warming
The countries are the last two major economic powers to agree with the aims of the nonbinding agreement. (original story)
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political discourse from around the world : Global Warming
Dear EarthTalk: A fisherman friend of mine told me that trout populations in the interior West of the U.S. are already shrinking due to global warming. Is this true? And what is the long term prognosis for the trout? --Jon Klein, Portsmouth, N.H. [More] (original story)
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political discourse from around the world : Global Warming
The Maldives will make its territorial waters into a shark sanctuary, a government official said Tuesday. (original story)
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political discourse from around the world : Global Warming
Dear EarthTalk: Short of massive efforts to build a public transportation infrastructure, which doesn’t appear likely anytime soon, what is being done to address traffic congestion, which is reaching absurd levels almost everywhere? --John Daniels, Baltimore [More] (original story)
Posted from NYT > Global Warming 16 hours ago
political discourse from around the world : Global Warming
The countries are the last two major economies to join the agreement reached in December, which calls for limiting the rise in global temperatures. (original story)
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political discourse from around the world : Global Warming
Although any T. Rex –enthralled kid will tell you that a gigantic asteroid wiped the dinosaurs off the planet, scientists have always regarded this impact theory as a hypothesis subject to revision based on further evidence gathered from around the globe. Other possible causes, such as vo... (original story)
Posted from NYT > Global Warming 7 days ago
political discourse from around the world : Global Warming
Wal-Mart says it will cut 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its supply chain by 2015. (original story)